All The World's A Circ.us

This Year I Am Thankful For My Fellow Bloggers

December 30, 2007 1 comment

As I was sitting here, completely hungover, watching the David Bowie Episode of Flight Of The Conchords for the 100th time, I realized that I had not blogged in a while. You know what, I feel okay about it!
I will let you know that I am working on a completely thorough list of 10 emergent [...]

Stop Complaining and Start A Blog; You are The Media

December 19, 2007 No comments yet

These days, you are the media. Production is the new consumption and freedom of speech to a widespread audience has never been easier!
So what are these people all bent out of shape about?
(I agree with the sentiment, but might there be a more effective way to spend your time)
Yesterday, King of The FCC, Kevin Martin [...]

And The Openness 2008 Award Goes To…

December 13, 2007 2 comments

…I will get to that in a second
In a world haunted by walled gardens and proprietary software and devices, the promise of open source and interoperability shines like a bright light (not the finest metaphor, but it serves it purpose).
Many people access various different digital platforms and shudder each time we have to [...]

Google Almighty

December 12, 2007 1 comment

I came across this via my social graph on Facebook and had to proliferate it.
There is apparently a site out there that begs the questions, is Google God?. While I am quite sure this is a spoof, there are some really interesting claims on this site to substantiate the claim that Google is an [...]

A Media Circ.Us On Digital Media

December 11, 2007 No comments yet

I got a chance to be a guest on one of my favorite podcasts, “On Digital Media”.
Head over to the site or pull in the feed and check out the latest episode:
On Digital Media Episode #54: A Media Circus
Tags: On Digital Media, A Media Circ.us

The Algorithmic Editorial Voice

December 9, 2007 No comments yet

I have been talking a lot about media consolidation and the FCC these last few weeks. Those who are against further consolidation argue that allowing large media bodies to own more media outlets will result in homogenized editorial voices.
While I do agree that variety of opinion is essential to a democratic society, I feel that [...]

Kevin J. Martin Continues To Stir The Pot

December 6, 2007 No comments yet

Last week I wrote a post about the storm that is a brewing over at the FCC surrounding the cable industry and media ownership. The conversation was picked up by my good friend Amanda Mooney and tonight I will be speaking with the folks over at the On Digital Media podcast. In case you have [...]

iMedia Agency Summit “Massively Niche: Next Gen Targeting in a Fragmented Media Landscape”

December 2, 2007 No comments yet

So here I am at the iMedia agency summit in beautiful La Quinta California. I am fresh off my sojourn to Eastern Europe but that did not stop me from making it here to speak on a panel with my friends Brad Berens, Greg Verdino and my "new to be friend I am sure" [...]